United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name (opens in new tab)

Covers United flight turned around over Atlantic as a boy named his Bluetooth device “bomb”Covered by 4 sources including Techrights, hvg.huDiscussed on Hacker News

United flight 236 from Newark to Palma de Mallorca on Saturday night was forced to turn around just an hour after takeoff due to security concerns around a Bluetooth signal. Multiple Redditors claimed to be on the flight and reported that the crew repeatedly requested passengers to turn off their Bluetooth. According to one poster, […]

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Kényszerleszállást hajtott végre a United Airlines gépe, mert valaki a bomba nevet adta a Bluetooth-hangszórójának

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